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• Adriana Wilhelmina van Meel, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Charles Richard Geldof, Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan, Ned. Indie († 2016)
• Catharina Cornelia Gras, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Ann Abel, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States († 2006)
• Denyse Van Vooren, Kaprijke († 2020)
• Anna Maria van Leeuwen, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Carl Adolf Loeber Lampe, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia († 2014)
• Catharine Edith Haats, Aplington, Butler County, Iowa († 2016)
• Andr BIETS, Heers,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 1987)
• Berend Harmannus Panjer, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)

• Anna Maria Catharina van Lier (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jans Zwolsman (76), Ransdorp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Haers (18), Waterlandkerkje
• Biem Roosendaal (73), Den Helder
• Anna Boogert (26), Noordeloos
• Angenita Dorothea Berg (84), 's Gravenhage
• "Infant" Palmer (0)
• Anthonius Caspers (52), Katwijk
• Albert Jansz X Zwolsman (76), Ransdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta (Letje) Verkerk (82), Maarsseveen, Gemeente Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1926 » A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2014)
• 1926 » James McCracken, American tenor and actor († 1988)
• 1926 » Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1927 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet († 2015)
• 1927 » Randall Garrett, American author and poet († 1987)
• 1928 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author († 1982)
• 1928 » Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
• 1929 » Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor († 2011)
• 1930 » Bill Brittain, American author († 2011)
• 1930 » Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist († 2013)

• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Gerardus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Grietje
15. Aaltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.

The temperature on December 16, 1928 was between -3.6 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.